Sometimes, things don’t quite work exactly as intended in MMOs, and so things need to be adjusted. In the case of the free-to-play MMOFPS Planetside 2, one such thing is server populations. They are unbalanced, says Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley, and so server mergers are on the way.

Planetside 2’s John Smedley has become a mainstay on these pages for being so damn quotable. This time he’s been discussing his studio Sony Online Entertainment’s capability for bringing its games to PS3. He believes it can be done. Find out what he had to say below.

PlanetSide 2 normally asks that you buy in-game Station Cash to fuel your experience, but the generous types at Sony Online Entertainment are tripling your wonga on Friday only. Their plan? To ride off into the sunset with your riches before the world ends. True story.

When he’s not relishing the ban of “scumbag” cheaters in PlanetSide 2, SOE CEO John Smedley is teasing new weapons for the recently launched MMOFPS. According to tweets from the man himself, “new sniper and carbines” will be introduced in the game “tomorrow,” December 6. The following week, players can expect “new anti-vehicle weapon,” including […]

Lost of PlanetSide 2 news today, what with SOE head John Smedley teasing Fleet Carriers, predicting the game could run well into 2025, and the news that Station Cash unlocks will be soon be shared across characters. Well, it’s a lot to take in.

Planetside 2 developers SOE sure are an optimistic bunch aren’t they? Studio president John Smedley has outlined his grand plan for the long future of the MMOFPS, including new continents and much, much more. Check out his theories below.

Planetside 2’s beta servers went offline briefly earlier today while Sony Online Entertainment corrected an issue which crept in with the last patch: missing certs (the MMO’s currency). SoE boss John Smedley said that users should not be seeing any more cert issues, and that only a very small number of players were affected. A […]

It’s a good day to be an antipodean MMOFPS fan; the long promised Australian Planetside 2 servers are live. Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley announced the opening on Twitter, and games.on.net reports local players have already reported a noticeable decrease in lag. No more blowing up the tanks in front of you by driving […]

Planetside 1 is going free-to-play, SOE boss John Smedley has announced on Twitter. He said with the launch of Planetside 2, its predecessor will be “kept running and it will go F2P sometime fairly soon.” SOE Live starts tomorrow in Las Vegas, and while there won’t be anything announced on PS1 at the event, expect […]

PlanetSide 2 is in beta right now and developer Sony Online Entertainment has detailed a number of big changes that will be sweeping the game world as a result of player feedback. Top of the list, is the scrapping of Auraxium, one of the game’s currency types, and an upcoming release date reveal.